Hood fastener for automobiles



Nov. 12, 1929. G, w AMs 1,735,557

HOOD FASTENER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed on. .11. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 12, 1929. s. WILLIAMS 1,735,557 HOOD FASTENER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Oct. 11, 1927' I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 llllll W nmmm Patented Nov. 12, 1929 GORDON WILLIAMS, on MOUNT cnnmnnoonnnor'rouir HOOD FASTENER non AUmoMoBiLEs Application'filed October '11, 1927. Serial No. 225,475.

are objectionable as they tend to permit parts to rattle.

The object of this inventionis to provide a locking device by which the hood will be firmly locked in position, and by a single movement or operation the hood may be'unlocked and raised.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for adjusting the parts to compensate for varying conditions or positions, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims. In the accompanying drawings: 7

l Fig. 1 is a side view of an automobile hood having locking means constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a broken inside View ofthe same on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is an end view illustrating the lock ing mechanism;

Fig. 4: is a sectional view on the line 4-4=' of Fig. 3; p Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig.3;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2;

Fig; 7 is a perspective view of one of the yoke-plates detached;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view yokes detached;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the latches detached; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the shaft-bushings detached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a rock-shaft 15, angular in cross-section, and extending through bushings 16 which are 59 mounted in brackets 17 secured to the inner of one of the face of themovable part 18 of an automobile hood. Coupled with the shaft'15, preferably near. the centerthereof, is an opeirating'dever 19 which projects outward through a slot 42 in the hood 18', the said lever 19 bein formed with a grip 20 and preferably wit a finger-opening2l. Connected with-the bushings 16, so as to turn; therewith, are latches 22 having cam-hooks 23 and alocking-notch 24. Mounted on the chassis 25 in line-with the-- latches 22 are yokes 26, and, these yokes are preferably mounted on screw;

studs 27', being lockedthroughout by nuts 28 and, 29. Preferably, the screw-studs'27 will be formed with :a-longitudinal groove 30, and an opening 31 in the yoke, to set over the stud, will be formed-with an inwardlyprojecting lug 32, whereby theyokegis held:

against turning. ,Piyotally secured to the arms.3334 of theyokesare plates 35.'-.36, 70., and mounted 'in' thequpper ends of these plates is a transverse pin 37 adapted to be engaged by the latch 22. Preferably one of the plates, as 36,'is formed at its lower end, v below-the pivot 38, with .an outward bend 39. to be engaged'by a screwfLO .enteringan' extension 41 on the yoke, whereby the plates may be rocked to "bringthe pins 37 into proper position with relation to the latches. v The parts beingproperly adjusted'and the movable part of the hood closed, a downward pressure on the operating-lever forces gthe as i latches into engagement with the pins 37 and,

owing to the cam-hooks 23, the hood is drawn inward and downward and the pin resting in the,,notch. 24 cannot become loose, and hence the hood is firmly lockedin position. To open the; hood, an upward movement is given to the lever 19, and this movement is assisted by passing one finger through the hole'21, thus rocking the shaft 15 and turning "tlatches out of engagement withthe pinsB'Z f and thus disengaging the hood, so that a con tinued upward-movement on the lever will raise the movable part of the hood. Incase one of the latchesdoes not engage with suf ficient tension upon its complementary pin, the plates 35-36 may be adjusted by the screw 40 so as to bring the pins into proper alignment, and, if necessary, the yoke may 2,5}?

be adjusted upon the screw-stud 37 to provide for variation in position, but when once adjusted for any particular place, the parts are not liable to become deranged and further adjustment will seldom be necessary.

I thus provide, in a very simple and efiec- I tive way, means for lockingorv unlocking the-v movablepart of an automobile hood by a single operation, so that the hood can be readily unlocked'and lifted-with one. hand, and asno springs are employed, the parts are not liable, nor is it possible for them, to be ome heels 7 dentally detached.

I claim 1, In a hood fastening for automobiles, the

combination with the hood of; av rock-shaft mountedon the inner fa'cefthereof, a levercoupled with said} shaft and extending outward through said hood and provided with a handle, latches coupled with said shaft near the, ends thereot, "said latches formed with cam faces and 'with locking-notches, yokes mounted on the chassis in line with said latches, plates secured to said yoke and ex tendingupwardtherefrom,and pins mounted} in the upper ends of said" plates and in position to be engaged by" said latches;

2. In: a hood'fastehing for automobiles, the

combination with the hood of a rock-shaft 'niou-n"ted on the inner-face thereof, a lever coupled with said shaft and extending outward through saidhood and provided with a" handle, latchescoujpled' ithsaid' shaft nearthe, ends thereof, saidi'latches formed with cam-faces and with'locki'ng-notehes, yokes mountedon the chassisin line with said latches, plates secured to: said yoke and extending upward therefrom, pins mounted inthe upperends' of sa'idi platesa-nd in position to be engaged by said latches, and; means for ad usting the position offsaid plates with relation tozthe yokem 3'. In a hood fastening-for automobiles, the

, combination with the hood of a rock-shaft mounted on the inner face thereof; a lever coupled with said shaft and extendingoutward through said hood and provi'dediwitha handle,- latches coupled with said shaft nearthe' ends thereof, said latches formedjwith;

cam-faces and with lockingqiotchesjg yokesmounted on the chassis in line with-said; latches, plates secured to said yokev and extending upward therefrom, pins mounted in: theupper endsof said" plates; and in position,

to be engaged by said latches, 'meansj for ad justing thefpositi'on of said plates with reIa- 7 tion to the yoke, and meansifor vertically ads justing the saidyokes.

In testimony whereof, I have signed thisspecification.

' I GORDONWILLI AMS. 

